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GST Council Recommended Major Relief in GST Rates on Certain Goods

GST Rate Changes Come into effect on 178 items where rate has been brought down from 28% to 18%; Consumers may take note of reduction in Price/MRP on these Goods

In the 23rd meeting held on the 10th November, 2017, the GST Council had recommended major relief in GST rates on certain goods. These rate changes have been brought into effect from the 15th November, 2017. On 178 items the GST rate has been brought down from 28% to 18%. With reduction of rate coming into effect, a consumer shall be charged the revised reduced rates of 18% on these items with effect from the 15th November, 2017. Accordingly, there would be a corresponding reduction in price/MRP on these goods. Consumers may take note of these reduction while making purchases.

Broadly these items are grouped as follows:

Wires, cables, insulated conductors, electrical insulators, electrical plugs, switches, sockets, fuses, relays, electrical connectors
Electrical boards, panels, consoles, cabinets etc for electric control or distribution
Particle/fibre boards and ply wood; articles of wood, wooden frame, paving block
Furniture, mattress, bedding and similar furnishing
Trunk, suitcase, vanity cases, brief cases, travelling bags and other hand bags, cases
Detergents, washing and cleaning preparations
Liquid or cream for washing the skin
Shampoos; Hair cream, Hair dyes (natural, herbal or synthetic) and similar other goods; henna powder or paste, not mixed with any other ingredient;
Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, room deodorisers
Perfumes and toilet waters
Beauty or make-up preparations
Fans, pumps, compressors
Lamp and light fitting
Primary cell and primary batteries
Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of all kinds
Articles of plastic, floor covering, baths, shower, sinks, washbasins, seats, sanitary ware of plastic
Slabs of marbles and granite
Goods of marble and granite such as tiles
Ceramic tiles of all kinds
Miscellaneous articles such as vacuum flasks, lighters
Wrist watches, clocks, watch movements, watch cases, straps, parts
Articles of apparel & clothing, accessories of leather, guts, furskin, artificial fur and other articles such as saddlery and harness for any animal
Articles of cutlery, stoves, cookers and similar non electric domestic appliances
Razor and razor blades
Multi-functional printers, cartridges
Office or desk equipment
Doors, windows and frames of aluminium
Articles of plaster such as board, sheet
Articles of cement or concrete or stone and artificial stone
Articles of asphalt or slate
Articles of mica
Ceramic flooring blocks, pipes, conduit, pipe fittings
Wall paper and wall covering
Glass of all kinds and articles thereof such as mirror, safety glass, sheets, glassware
Electrical, electronic weighing machinery
Fire extinguishers and charges for fire extinguishers
Fork lifts, lifting and handling equipment
Bull dozers, excavators, loaders, road rollers
Earth moving and levelling machinery
Escalators
Cooling towers, pressure vessels, reactors
Crankshaft for sewing machine, tailor’s dummies, bearing housings, gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gaskets
Electrical apparatus for radio and television broadcasting
Sound recording or reproducing apparatus
Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for transports
Physical exercise equipment, festival and carnival equipment, swings, shooting galleries, roundabouts, gymnastic and athletic equipment
All musical instruments and their parts
Artificial flowers, foliage and artificial fruits
Explosive, anti-knocking preparation, fireworks
Cocoa butter, fat, oil powder
Extract, essence and concentrates of coffee, miscellaneous food preparations
Chocolates, chewing gum / bubble gum
Malt extract and food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract
Waffles and wafers coated with chocolate or containing chocolate
Rubber tubes and miscellaneous articles of rubber
Goggles, binoculars, telescope
Cinematographic cameras and projectors, image projector
Microscope, specified laboratory equipment, specified scientific equipment such as for meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, geology
Solvent, thinners, hydraulic fluids, anti-freezing preparation.